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The Allied checkpoint opposite the Friedrichstrasse border crossing served as one of the most important crossings between East and West Berlin. Here, shortly after the Wall was built, Soviet and American tanks stood directly opposite each other. 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In 1990, 118 artists from 21 countries created a unique open-air gallery by painting the east side of the wall along Mühlenstraße. Its works of art are an expression of joy after the fall of the Wall. Today, about four million people from all over the world come to the East Side Gallery every year </span> </p> <ul class="slide-links"> <li> <a class="" href="/en/sites/184077/east-side-gallery" target="_self">East Side Gallery</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class='no-script control-buttons'> <a class='button-right' href='?tab=2' target='_self' title='forward'>forward</a> </div> <div id="slideItem-3" class="slide-item " style="height:582px;width:1024px"><img class='lazyload' data-src="/cache/images/5/182615-top-topteaser1024x582.jpg?B9F33" src="/cache/images/5/182615-top-topteaser341x194.jpg?1F714" height="582" alt="Chronicle of the Berlin Wall" title="Chronicle of the Berlin Wall" /> <div class='slide-overlay '> <p class='slide-content'> <span class='headline'>Chronicle of the Berlin Wall</span><span class='text'>The causes, history and consequences of the construction and the demolition of the Wall are depicted chronologically in texts and illustrations. 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